digdilem

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Kind of - a personal website that I post articles on for various things. I like to share what I've learned, but it never gets much interest and less now. It's something I've been doing in various forms for over two decades.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

"Good" or "trust my life with"? The two can be mutually exclusive. If I was in the wrong, would a good person defend me?

I've met a few people with genuinely good morals in my life. They do exist and are almost incorruptible. Most people are flexible in that we can make justifications for almost anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're right, but sometimes you need someone to hold the other end of the rope when you lower yourself over a cliff.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are literally undermining human rights, including the rights of LGBTQ people.

There's a new country to add to this list from this year.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I would absolutely eat this if it was the same price, or even slightly more expensive, than equivalent beef.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Surely you can't be serious."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

A real passion project.

Good on you!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

he people making these decisions have no idea what life is like for a poor person.

It's worse than that, they actively despise anyone who isn't at least a millionaire.

They've been very blatant about that, and it reflects every single action they've taken since getting office.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Debian stable is as hassle-free as you'll get.

It sounds like your issue is more with having to migrate to a new laptop. Firstly - buy laptops that are more linux compatible and you'll have fewer niggles like with sound, suspend and drivers.

Secondly - use "dpkg --get-selections" and "--set-selections" to transfer your list of installed software across to your new laptop. Combined with transferring your /home directory, user migration can be speeded up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, because it never was.

Kids confused it with good because it was the equivalent of running around an abandoned building throwing dog shit and broken glass at each other while spraying paint on the walls, because no adults told them not to. But when you tire of that, it's just an empty husk full of dog shit and glass.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Special interest forums still hold.

For me, the Royal Enfield motorbike forums are exceptionally good, and that's largely down to the admin. There's also a Series 2 Land Rover forum that has a unique collection of people with a phenomenal combined knowledge about that car.

I've hosted a few in my time - since the early 90s and Fidonet when BBSs were the thing. But things change. Facebook killed of a whole bunch way before Reddit and Lemmy just because that's where people were already, and it was easier for them to feel involved. Facebook is impossible to search, though, so the post history of a forum that was so useful has gone entirely.

It's sad, but things change. What's constant is people's desire to socialise and discuss topics they are interested in. I'm kind of curious what that will be next.

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